birthday suit

birthday suit

What one is said to be "wearing" while completely naked. Alludes to the fact that one is born without clothing. I have a recurring nightmare where I'm walking through school in my birthday suit. As kids, we had no problem going swimming together in our birthday suits.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

birthday suit

Nakedness, as in The doorbell rang, and here I was in my birthday suit. In 18th-century Britain this term originally referred to the clothes one wore on the king's birthday. Later it was jocularly transferred to bare skin, alluding to the condition of a newborn baby.
See also: birthday, suit
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

birthday suit

Wearing no clothes. People said to be in their birthday suit are as naked as the day they were born.
See also: birthday, suit
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • drive (one) out of office
  • force (one) out of office
  • force out of office
  • give (one) (one's) head
  • give head
  • give somebody their head
  • give someone their head
  • cooking for one
  • 1FTR
  • as one door closes, another one opens
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She gave the final segment of the programme wearing only her birthday suit, but the network covered her with some black 'censored' boxes to keep the outfit PG, on Thursday.
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I planted many seeds that haven't shown a shoot, Presuming they are barren and without a living root, The result of effort can fail to bare its fruit, Dancing up to heaven in the birthday suit.
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Now he's quitting running about the house in his birthday suit.
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Poor Stewart was stripped on the training ground by team-mates - and left in just his birthday suit.
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He staged his latest protest after climbing on a lamp post opposite the High Court in the Strand in his birthday suit to read a book.
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The mummy monster started her set dressed in a white petticoat-style gown, before stripping off to her birthday suit. She pulled down her knickers and flashed her private bits to the dumbfounded crowd.
Nude Lady Gaga Performs at London's G-A-Y Club